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Who Smokes? By Gender 21.5% of adult men 17.3% of adult women By Age 20.1% of adults aged 18–24 years 22.0% of adults aged 25–44 years 21.1% of adults aged 45–64 years 9.5% of adults aged 65 years and older By Race/Ethnicity 31.4% of American Indians/Alaska Natives (non- Hispanic) 9.2% of Asians (non-Hispanic; excludes Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders) 20.6% of blacks (non-Hispanic) 12.5% of Hispanics 21.0% of whites (non-Hispanic) By Education 45.2% of adults with a GED diploma 33.8% of adults with 9–11 years of education 23.8% of adults with a high school diploma 9.9% of adults with an undergraduate college degree 6.3% of adults with a postgraduate college degree By Poverty Status 28.9% of adults who live below the poverty level 18.3% of adults who live at or above the poverty level

Deaths Caused by Smoking Worldwide, tobacco use causes nearly 5 million deaths per year. Current trends show that tobacco use will cause more than 10 million deaths annually by Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. In the United States, cigarette smoking is responsible for about one in five deaths annually, or about 438,000 deaths per year.

What’s in Cigarettes? Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins. These include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT. Nicotine is highly addictive. Smoke containing nicotine is inhaled into the lungs, and the nicotine reaches your brain in just six seconds. While not as serious as heroin addiction, addiction to nicotine also poses very serious health risks in the long run.

Lung cancer Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung most common symptoms are coughing (including coughing up blood), weight loss and shortness of breath Common treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. NSCLC is sometimes treated with surgery Survival depends on stage, overall health, and other factors. Overall, 15% of people in the United States diagnosed with lung cancer survive five years Worldwide, lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer- related death in men and women, and is responsible for 1.38 million deaths annually, as of 2008.

Heart Disease Smoking is now considered one of the six independent risk factors for heart disease that a person can control Most cases of heart disease are caused by atherosclerosis, which is a condition in which arteries become harden and clogged, Cigarette smoking speeds up the process of atherosclerosis smoking causes blood platelets to clump together, causes clots

Emphysema Emphysema is a long-term, progressive disease of the lungs that primarily causes shortness of breath In people with emphysema, the tissues necessary to support the physical shape and function of the lungs are destroyed. Emphysema is called an obstructive lung disease because the destruction of lung tissue around smaller sacs, called alveoli, makes these air sacs unable to hold their functional shape upon exhalation

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